Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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"Morbidly Wealthy": The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405b to $869b since 2020—at a rate of $14m/hr—while nearly five billion people have been made poorer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As anyone who has played the board game Monopoly can tell you, this is the point in the game where the game is effectively "over", the winner has been decided. That one player owns most of the board and the rest are hanging on with mortgages and selling off their houses and properties to hang on for one more turn and hoping to land on a space that doesn't bankrupt them. But we all know they eventually will.

So, when do we say GG, pack up the board and try something else?

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

GG? The game was rigged from the start. It's time to flip the table.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

“Rigged” is human nature. There’s always people wanting to climb to the top of the heap and hoard anything of value and amass power. At no point in human civilization has this not been true. Kings, religions, merchants, even the criminal class. They all have people trying to place themselves in control to reap the money and rewards of others’ work.

You have to “un” rig the system with controls to prevent obscene collection of wealth and power; and even then it’s a continuous, non-stop battle to prevent the rich and powerful, and their sycophants and supporters, from constantly trying to find workarounds and/or undermine the system keeping them from their economic gluttony.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If a Monkey tried to collect two hundred and thirty billion bananas - he would've been ripped in half by the other monkeys with his head on a banana pike as a warning. This is not 'business as usual'....

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

And we're not monkeys. What an awful analogy considering monkeys have no concept of hoarding wealth, much less any other facets of human society that drives wealth acquisition at the expense of others.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

i have no clue why you received a downvote for this.

I'll vote for you.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. We should probably destroy the hierarchy at some point. Make it so you literally can't hoard wealth and force others to work for you.